2 hours writing, 4 hours reading, page count = 138
Spent an enjoyable afternoon reading 19th century history. Malcolm Deas, an Englishman who splits his time between Oxford and Bogota, is a leading historian of this period in Colombia, as well as a wonderfully droll writer. (I had the pleasure of meeting him on my last trip to Bogota, he gave me very good advice and pointers.) I appreciate his high tolerance for ambiguity, as well as his eye for the telling detail. Paper money was only introduced in Colombia in the 1880s, and at a certain point during the 1899-1902 "War of a Thousand Days," the government ran out of paper. Thanks to a, uh, public-private partnership, a solution was found. For a while, government-issued banknotes said "Republica de Colombia" on one side and "Chocolates Chaves" on the other.
Continued working on the 19th century chapter. I may not have a complete draft by the end of this week, but I'll be close. Onward!
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I guess your chances back then of getting a "golden ticket" would be a lot greater...
And it looks like you're putting up some impressive stats. Your PPD* is trending at 4.50 for the week, so if you keep up this solid work you'll be done in no time!
* Pages Per Day average
The last two days have been very productive writing days. Does this mean that your ideas and thoughts are coming together to produce pages and brilliance?
I can see a real commitment to moving forward.
On the chocolate front (an area I know a lot about), I am not proud of your choice of Hershey. Have I not taught you anything about quality over quantity? I guess that is also describes your working style.
Be well my friend.
Thanks guys!
Christa, I thought about Nestle or Cadbury, but it had to be a domestic producer to make the analogy work...next time you come to New York, we should go to Jacques Torres in my neighborhood, it's like a French Willy Wonka factory! But without the oompa-loompas, because french oompa-loompas would just be terrifying.
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